Nisei Week in L.A. starts tomorrow (8/14/10)

[JohnASE]

Nisei Week is a week long celebration of Japanese culture. Actually, it's grown to much more than a week, but most activities still take place from this weekend through next.

http://www.niseiweek.org/

This Sunday is the opening parade and next Sunday is the closing ceremony and ondo dance. The festival (food booths, games, etc.) is this Saturday and Sunday. The Taiko (drum) Gathering is Sunday, the 22nd. Martial arts demonstrations and events take place throughout the week. I don't have a schedule handy, but I think there's a sumo demo on Saturday, and last year on the opening Saturday, I saw a Matsubayashi Shorin Ryu demo in the Japanese Village in Little Tokyo.

This Sunday, August 15th, is the Nikkei Games Budo Tournament. Judo, Kendo and Japanese Karate all compete on the same floor! (Not against each other.) It's on the floor of the Long Beach Pyramid at Cal State Long Beach. We (ASE Martial Arts Supply) have a booth there every year. Here's a link to info on the karate portion of the event.

http://www.nikkeikarate.com/

If anyone is in the Los Angeles area, come out and join the festivities!